Today I worked a bit on organizing one of my closets. Going through my clothes is a daunting task, LOL. The more I weed out, the more I find. I really want to reduce my clothes to one closet. My shoes are going to be the biggest issue. I love shoes ... I mean I LOVE shoes. I can't seem to have enough of them. I built shelves in our smallest bedroom closet and I have rows and rows of clear boxes that hold my shoes. I try to go through them and give them away but they end up back in that closet. I really can't let them go and I keep adding to them. I guess I should have started this post with ... Hi, my name is Debbie and I'm a shoe addict. I do wear them though, in my job I should always be dressed nice so I wear all my heels. In the summer I wear all the sandals and in the winter I wear all the boots. So ... I'm thinking it's really not so much an addiction as it is a necessity. But, truly, I do love shoes!
Today turned out to be warm and sunny for a January afternoon so I took some time off and ran to Best Buy to find myself a new camera bag. My old one is just not large enough for everything and I've already outgrown the one that came with my camera. Things have changed a lot since I bought my last one, it's almost all backpacks now and that is what I ended up getting. I thought about it for a while because I could always go online and order one but after trying several over my shoulder I found one that was really comfortable and roomy enough to hold all my photography stuff in it. This is the one I chose:
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| The pack is slim and the straps or extra padded. Very comfortable to wear over one or both shoulders |
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| There's room for everything. I was able to put in all my lens and camera, cleaning stuff, extra battery and filters. I found a place for the battery charger, and all the cords. Everything is in one place. |
After I packed my new camera case, I went outside and played with my camera a bit. I wanted to record the difference between the different lens so that basically I would understand what each does, what their pros and cons are. Mostly I took pictures of tree tops and sky as I was wanting to know how true the color records to the photo. I also wanted to play with composition a bit as well. Today I played with the 24mm, 40mm, and the 18-55mm lens. I tested how close I could actually get without losing focus and how far I could shoot without losing value. making sure that I chose the same things to take pictures of helped so that I could compare the photos. The 18-55mm allows you to get closer to your subject. I was within 3-4 inches before it got blurry. The 40mm I had to be 6-8 inches away. The 24mm I could be within 4-6 inches. All of them shot at a distance pretty much the same but I had all the lens on auto focus. This was my favorite shot of the day:
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| shot with the 18-55mm. |
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